Not Google but:
“Guido just pronounced: Django is the [Python] web framework
http://www.cmlenz.net/archives/2006/08/the-python-web-framework
On Aug 30, 11:09 pm, Roberto Saccon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Davide, nobody cares about your personal concerns around Google’s
> commitment to Django templates. There are plenty of other frameworks
> and template languages, choose the one which fits your needs or if
> none fits your needs build one yourself (aren't you doing that
> already, the JS thingy ??), I am happy that Google has chosen the most
> popular one in Python land.
>
> regards
> Roberto
>
> On Aug 30, 4:34 pm, Davide Rognoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > No no, this post is for all: "Having doubts about AppEngine"
>
> > 1) """My concerns center around Google’s commitment to the App Engine
> > project"""
>
> > My concerns center around Google’s commitment to Django template.
>
> > 2) """Here on the GAE forum elementary questions about how GAE ticks
> > go unanswered for months"""
>
> > Also about the template system.
>
> > 3) """Communication with the developer community here is abysmal
> > compared to the investment in developer relations made by companies
> > such as Microsoft Redhat or Amazon"""
>
> > Django is free, no investment.
>
> > On Aug 30, 9:05 pm, Michael Schreifels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Davide,
>
> > > I really don't see the Django template language being a valid concern
> > > at all. It is just a library that Google provides, no one is forcing
> > > you to use it.
>
> > > And further, personally I think that if you find Django templates too
> > > limiting, you probably don't fully understand it. I switched to Django
> > > after coding with Ruby on Rails and PHP, both of which allow you to
> > > embed code right in your templates. It was a difficult transition at
> > > first, but the restrictions placed by the Django template language
> > > make sense, and they encourage good programming practices of the
> > > separation between programming logic and presentation code.
>
> > > And if you're concerned about reusing blocks of code, the concerns
> > > about {% with %} are only relevant to Django < 1.0, and the devs have
> > > been telling users to use SVN (which is very stable) and not 0.96 for
> > > MONTHS now. (Yeah, AE only supports 0.96 out-of-the-box, but that
> > > makes sense. Why would Google want to track SVN? I just have my own
> > > checkout of Django I use. And besides, Django 1.0 is due for release
> > > next week. I guarantee Google will support it.) And besides, I have
> > > never had to use {% with %}. Most code repetition I come across is
> > > more logically solved with block inheritance.
>
> > > I strongly recommend you upgrade to the latest Django beta and read
> > > the template docs. And if it really doesn't work for you, there are
> > > plenty of other options.
>
> > > This post is really about the problems that Google has with
> > > communications about where App Engine is going (and WHEN).
>
> > > On Aug 30, 4:56 am, Davide Rognoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > Doubts about Django
> > > > Templatehttp://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine/browse_thread/thread/...
>
> > > > On Aug 28, 12:09 am, javaDinosaur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > I am starting to have doubts about continuing to develop my
> > > > > applications for GAE. My concerns are not technical although I have a
> > > > > some anxieties about transaction data propagation performance.
>
> > > > > My concerns center around Google’s commitment to the App Engine
> > > > > project. Compared to Amazon’s Web Service forums this place feels like
> > > > > a technical backwater. Developers hosting on Amazon AWS post
> > > > > interesting questions and get deep-dive replies promptly from Amazon
> > > > > staff. Amazon is releasing new Cloud development services monthly yet
> > > > > all we get is minor patches.
>
> > > > > Here on the GAE forum elementary questions about how GAE ticks go
> > > > > unanswered for months. Basic roadmap type info such as will we get SSL
> > > > > or scheduled tasks is missing.
>
> > > > > I just feel that the GAE Team is not building up any development
> > > > > stream in what should be the last 4 month run up to the year-end
> > > > > release. Communication with the developer community here is abysmal
> > > > > compared to the investment in developer relations made by companies
> > > > > such as Microsoft, Redhat or Amazon.
>
> > > > > What’s happened to the early buzz Google? Has the top bass pinched
> > > > > half the team to firefight problems on another project?
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